Polkadot Core

• Polkadot v0.8.26-1 released.
• Implement HRMP.
• Write pallet_evm README.
• Slots: incrementally backoff claiming slots if finality lags behind.
• Lots of small improvements to vm module.

Polkadot Referenda

• #12 Moves claims is ongoing.
• #35 Polkascan operating expenses executed.
• #36 LocalCoinSwap Treasury Proposal – Python Substrate libraries upgrade & Polkadot integration has executed.
• #37 Adding DOT to Ramp’s SDK and enabling frictionless on-ramping across multiple dapps and wallets has executed.

Polkadot Proposals 

• #7 Increase the number of Validators to 599.
• #2 Set the new runtime code.
• #4 Increse the number of Validators to 299.
• #5 Increase the number of Validators to 399.
• #6 Increase the number of Validators to 499.
• #8 Increase the number of Validators to 259.
• #41 Cancellation of Proposal 8.
• #10 Send a call through an indexed pseudonym of the sender.
• #22 The operating expenses of SUBSCAN (Polkadot network) from December 2020 to February 2021 is a treasury proposal.
• #41 Cancellation of Proposal 8.

Polkadot Motions 

• #37 Adding DOT to Ramp’s SDK and enabling frictionless on-ramping across multiple dapps and wallets is proposed.
• #39 The operating expenses of SUBSCAN (Polkadot network) from December 2020 to February 2021.
• #40 Patract Hub’s treasury proposal for Redspot v0.3.
• #41 Cancellation of Proposal 8.

Kusama Referenda

• None.

Polkadot Community

• Polkadot Conversations – Session 2 – Fireside Chat with Alistair Stewart.
• Moonbeam: Ethereum Smart Contracts on Substrate.
• Open Sourcing our Substrate Client for Android (Kotlin).
• Polkadot: CORE Report (Abridged).
• Betting Against Blockchain Maximalism, with Dr. Gavin Wood of Polkadot.

Dates of Note

• November 17, 14:00 UTC: Substrate Seminar.
• November 18, 10:05 UTC: Election of new council candidates.
• November 18, 10:49 UTC: Voting ends on council motion 39.
• November 18, 10:49 UTC: Voting ends on council motion 40.
• November 19, 19:39 UTC: Voting ends on council motion 41.
• December 3, 14:00 UTC Polkadot Decoded: The Polkadot Community Conference.
• December 5, 19:39 UTC: Voting ends on council motion 37.
• December 9, 19:39 UTC: Voting ends on council motion 37.
• Q1 20201: Bitcoin is coming to Polkadot (PolkaBTC).

Top Youtube Videos of the Week

• Betting Against Blockchain Maximalism, with Dr. Gavin Wood of Polkadot.

Top Reddit Posts of the Week

• Hello Polkadot: DIA Begins Cross-Chain Integration.

Tokens

• Hello Polkadot: DIA Begins Cross-Chain Integration.
• The VAL token was released on the SORA testnet and available in mobile applications for iOS and Android.
• Polkastarter Partners with Covalent to Augment Anti-Scam Measures on Token Sales.

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Crypto Regulation 

• PayPal’s crypto trading goes live in the US.
• $300M in Bitcoin Flow to Binance From Huobi as China Gets Tougher on Exchanges.
• South Korean Crypto Firms Must Disclose Users’ Identities Under Planned Law Change.

Developer Related

• TruffleCon 2020 – Bruno Skvorc – Using Truffle with Substrate Based Ethereum.
• Substrate Seminar by Polkadot.

Other Crypto Related News

• Bitcoin Cash Has Split Into Two New Blockchains, Again.
• Binance launches Ethereum Mining Pool with 0.5% fees.
• Tether market cap surpasses $17 billion, fueling Bitcoin price rally.

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Polkadot Core

• Polkadot v0.8.26 released.
• Rococo V1 testnet is coming soon.
• Decouple transaction payment and currency.
• contracts: Rework contracts_call RPC.
• Adder collator improvements.
• add synesthesia network.
• How to calculate proper weight when one extrinsic relies on existing storage.

Polkadot Referenda

• #10 Exactly as transfer, except the origin must be root and the source account may be specified (currently failing votes). 
• #33 Patract Hub’s treasury proposal for Elara v0.2 has passed.
• #34 OpenSquare’s treasury proposal for a knowledge tip authoring tool has passed.
• #35 Polkascan operating expenses is ongoing.

Polkadot Proposals 

• #7 Increase the number of Validators to 599.
• #2 Set the new runtime code.
• #4 Increse the number of Validators to 299.
• #5 Increase the number of Validators to 399.
• #6 Increase the number of Validators to 499.
• #8 Increase the number of Validators to 259.
• #10 Send a call through an indexed pseudonym of the sender.
• #17 OpenSquare’s treasury proposal for a knowledge tip authoring tool (Treasuy Proposal).
• #36 LocalCoinSwap Treasury Proposal – Python Substrate libraries upgrade & Polkadot integration.
• #37 Adding DOT to Ramp’s SDK and enabling frictionless on-ramping across multiple dapps and wallets.
• #22 The operating expenses of SUBSCAN (Polkadot network) from December 2020 to February 2021 is a treasury proposal.

Polkadot Motions 

• #36 LocalCoinSwap Treasury Proposal – Python Substrate libraries upgrade & Polkadot integration is proposed.
• #37 Adding DOT to Ramp’s SDK and enabling frictionless on-ramping across multiple dapps and wallets is proposed.

Kusama Referenda

• #91 redenomination of KSM has failed.
• #92 Upgrade of Kusama Runtime to v2026 is ongoing.
• #236 PolkadotAssetJS an NFT interface for developers and artists is a treasury proposal.

Polkadot Community

• Ongoing discussion for validator commission settings.
• The final Treasury-sponsored film on Kusama by Miguel Marques, “The Third Generation” has released.

Dates of Note

• November 11, 6:12 UTC: Voting ends for referendum 10.
• November 11, 6:12 UTC: Start of the next referendum voting period.
• November 11, 6:12 UTC: Start of next spending period.
• November 11, 6:12 UTC: Election of new council candidates.
• November 12, 19:06 UTC: Voting ends on council motion 36.
• November 12, 19:39 UTC: Voting ends on council motion 37.
• December 3, 14:00 UTC Polkadot Decoded: The Polkadot Community Conference.
• December 8 5:44 UTC: Potential dispatch of referendum 10 (if passed).
• Q1 20201: Bitcoin is coming to Polkadot (PolkaBTC).

Top Youtube Videos of the Week

• HOT DOT NEWS #4 | Polkadot | Kusama | Bifrost | PromoTeam | Web3f Grants 7 |.

Top Reddit Posts of the Week

• Polkadot & Kusama.

Tokens

• What Makes Polkastarter Token ($POLS) A Utility Token.
• Equilibrium is launching its core business logic on Polkadot on the testnet!

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Crypto Regulation 

• US seizes $1bn in bitcoin linked to Silk Road site.
• Canada Tax Collector Seeks to Force Crypto Exchange Coinsquare to Fork Over Client Records.
• Brazilian gov’t gets help from US Justice Department to seize $24M in crypto.

Developer Related

• Gitcoin Virtual Hackathon: Hello World! by Polkadot (Ends Nov. 12).
• Adding Pallets to Substrate Node Template.

Other Crypto Related News

• Vitalik Buterin Sends $1.4M of Ether in Preparation for Ethereum 2.0 Staking.
• Ripple Opens Dubai HQ as Blockchain Firm Mulls Leaving US.
• Binance Recovers $344K From Scam DeFi Project Launched on Its Platform.
• US Election Results Written on Ethereum and EOS Blockchains.

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Polkadot Core

• build: add nix shell.
• Don’t slash all outgoing members.
• Add keccak512 hash.
• Reconfigure on_initialize weight.
• Add Totem ss58 address. 
• Update Tips to go 100% to Author.
• Print an error if an unregistered notifications protocol is used.
• grandpa: don’t send equivocation reports for local identities.

Polkadot Referenda

• #10 Exactly as transfer, except the origin must be root and the source account may be specified (currently failing votes). 
• #33 Patract Hub’s treasury proposal for Elara v0.2

Polkadot Proposals 

• #7 Increase the number of Validators to 599.
• #2 Set the new runtime code.
• #4 Increase the number of Validators to 299.
• #5 Increase the number of Validators to 399.
• #6 Increase the number of Validators to 499.
• #8 Increase the number of Validators to 259.
• #10 Send a call through an indexed pseudonym of the sender.
• #17 OpenSquare’s treasury proposal for a knowledge tip authoring tool (Treasuy Proposal).

Kusama Referenda

• #91 redenomination of KSM.

Polkadot Community

• Web3 Foundation has set up an open-source registrar service that automatically verifies Element, Twitter, and Email accounts associated with a Polkadot account.
• Karura’s Approach to the Upcoming Parachain Lease Offering (PLO) on Kusama.
• Communication between TEE and Testnet Rococo Achieved. 

Dates of Note

• November 3, 22:00 UTC: Adding New Pallets into Substrate Node Template
• November 6, 14:37 UTC: Voting ends on council motion 33.
• November 11, 6:12 UTC: Voting ends for referendum 10.
• November 11, 6:12 UTC: Start of the next referendum voting period.
• November 11, 6:12 UTC: Start of next spending period.
• December 3, 14:00 UTC Polkadot Decoded: The Polkadot Community Conference.
• December 8 5:44 UTC: Potential dispatch of referendum 10 (if passed).
• Q1 20201: Bitcoin is coming to Polkadot (PolkaBTC).

Top Youtube Videos of the Week

• Polkadot / Kusama Parachain Auction -Hidden Diamonds of Polkadot Ecosystem | Parachain Slots Auction.

Top Reddit Posts of the Week

• Polkadots Centralization Scandal with Evidence.

Tokens

• The VAL token was released on the SORA testnet.
• Polkastarter ($POLS) is one month out from our token release.

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Crypto Regulation 

• US banks seek partnership with Bitcoin and crypto custodians like Coinbase.
• Russia’s Gazprombank gets green light for crypto custody in Switzerland.
• Australia’s first crypto-friendly IPO will accept Tether.

Developer Related

• Gitcoin Virtual Hackathon: Hello World! by Polkadot (Ends Nov. 12).
• Sub0 Online: The Substrate Developer Community Conference by Parity Technologies Replay.
• Upgrade a chain.
• How to protect yourself from scams.

Other Crypto Related News

• 2020 Shanghai International Blockchain Week replay.
• Coinbase launches its cryptocurrency Visa debit card in the US.
• Ethereum Developers Pencil In January for Eth 1.x ‘Berlin’ Hard Fork.
• Japan is the ‘leading candidate’ for Ripple’s new headquarters.

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Polkadot Core

• ink! 3.0.0 RC 1 released.
• BABE: Incrementally backoff authoring block if finality lags behind.
• Allow where clause in `decl_error!`

Polkadot Referenda

• #10 Exactly as transfer, except the origin must be root and the source account may be specified (currently failing votes). 
• Motion 31 executed: Patract Labs’ treasury proposal for Elara v0.1.

Polkadot Proposals 

• #7 Increase the number of Validators to 599.
• #2 Set the new runtime code.
• #4 Increase the number of Validators to 299.
• #5 Increase the number of Validators to 399.
• #6 Increase the number of Validators to 499.
• #8 Increase the number of Validators to 259.
• #9 Exactly as transfer, except the origin must be root and the source account may be specified. (Returning money from a scammer account to original owner account).
• #10 Send a call through an indexed pseudonym of the sender..

Kusama Referenda

• #226 Proposed: NFC cold wallet for Kusama (milestone 2).
• #227 Proposed: Kusama’s First Bounty Proposal: The UI bounty on Polkadot{.js} Apps.

Polkadot Community

• Polkadot Decoded: The Polkadot Community Conference is coming December 3 at 2PM UTC.
• Voxel Bridge: A Sensory Jouney Through the Kusama Network.
• First Alpha testnet for PolkaBTC is scheduled for November 2020.
• XOpts is to become the equivalent of Uniswap for options and other derivative products. XOpts also functions as a decentralized exchange for BTC without price oracles or wrapped BTC.
• The official release of the Fearless Wallet app is planned for November 2020.

Dates of Note

• October 20, 6:44 UTC: Election of new council candidates.
• October 29, 22:00 UTC: Polkadot Webinar: Conheça a Web 3.0. O que é Polkadot? (em Português).
• November 11, 5:44 UTC: Voting ends for referendum 10.
• November 11, 5:44 UTC: Start of the next referendum voting period.
• November 11, 5:44 UTC: Start of next spending period.
• December 3, 14:00 UTC Polkadot Decoded: The Polkadot Community Conference.
• December 8 5:44 UTC: Potential dispatch of referendum 10 (if passed).
• Q1 20201: Bitcoin is coming to Polkadot (PolkaBTC).

Top Youtube Videos of the Week

• Polkadot Updates (How to Obtain a Parachain Slot & More!!).

Top Reddit Posts of the Week

• Bitcoin is coming to Polkadot in early 2021!
• This goes against the spirit of crypto and reeks of monopoly…

Tokens

• Bitcoin is coming to Polkadot in early 2021 (PolkaBTC).
• Acala and Interlay are exploring different collateral use cases between Acala’s aUSD stablecoin and PolkaBTC.
• Laminar Laminar is exploring collaboration with Interlay to provide cross-chain liquidity to Polkadot ecosystem.
• Plasm Network is looking to offer PolkBTC to its highly scalable DApps.
• Equilibrium is planning to offer PolkaBTC on cross-chain DeFi money markets.
• Edgeware is looking to offer support for PolkaBTC in its WASM smart contracts.
• Moonbeam (developed by PureStake) is planning to use PolkaBTC with its Ethereum compatible smart contract platform.
• Polkaswap is to support trading PolkaBTC on an AMM-powered decentralized exchange.
• Chorus One will explore how to make PolkaBTC available to the Cosmos SDK ecosystem via a Cosmos-Substrate IBC bridge.
• Darwinia will be partnering with the interoperable DeFi eCommerce platform Bondly (Bondly.Finance).
• Bithumb set to launch DeFi platform as a Polkadot Parachain.

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Crypto Regulation 

• DOJ documents allege that an international group of money launderers used Tether as part of a conspiracy to help Latin American drug cartels thrive in the USA.
• Plaintiff Dmitry Dolgov, a resident of Moscow, Russia, accuses BitMEX’s internal trading desk of directly participating in manipulation schemes.
• Ripple threatens to leave U.S. over crypto regulation.
• Chinese Police Investigation Halts Withdrawals at Cryptoexchange OKEx.

Developer Related

• Gitcoin Virtual Hackathon: Hello World! by Polkadot (Ends Nov. 12).
• Weekly Substrate Seminar call.
• Sub0 Online: The Substrate Developer Community Conference by Parity Technologies Replay.

Other Crypto Related News

• Prysm Eth2 Client Web Interface Now Live.
• DOJ documents allege that an international group of money launderers used Tether as part of a conspiracy to help Latin American drug cartels thrive in the USA.
• Monero 0.17.1.1 ‘Oxygen Orion’ Point Release (Hard Fork).

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Polkadot Core

• Maximum number of Nominators per validator has been adjusted to 128 (It was previously 256.).
• Parachains are set to be released before the end of the year.
• Current medium term goal is to have 100 parachain slots.
• Scheduled tasks can now be rescheduled.
• Upgrade to runtime v25 and introduces Bounties.
• Add ss58 id for nodle.
• Fixes logging of target names with dashes.
• Nominations of less than around 200 DOT are not getting rewards because technical issues that developers are working to fix.

Polkadot Referenda

• Motion 25 passed. There will be an increase in 1 active validator every era for the next 100 eras.

Polkadot Treasury Proposals

• #27 SubstraTEE Scalability Proposal passed.
• #28 Patract Labs’ treasury proposal for Redspot v0.2 passed.

Polkadot Proposals 

• #7 Increase the number of Validators to 599.
• #2 Changing the calculation of the commission when sending from a Polkadot wallet.
• #4 Increase the number of Validators to 299.
• #5 Increase the number of Validators to 399.
• #6 Increase the number of Validators to 499.
• #8 Increase the number of Validators to 259.
• #9 Exactly as transfer, except the origin must be root and the source account may be specified. (Returning money from a scammer account to original owner account).
• #10 (Wrong proposal. Fixed the proposal in #11).
• #11 Proposal to recover a users lost account.

Kusama Referenda

• #88 A proposal to gradually increase the number of active validators by 1 every era for 400 eras (1 era is 6 hours, and this would increase the total to 1000 active validators.).
• #89 update the Kusama runtime to v2025 and reduce the number of nominators per validator to 128.

Kusama Treasury Proposals

• Voxel Bridge – A Sensory Journey Through the Kusama Network.

Polkadot Community

• Options for Polkadot projects that do not win parachain slot auctions, so they can still continue their project.
• Here is the current recommended path for project development on Polkadot.
• Substrate Developer Community Conference is this week.
• The Rococo testnet endpoint is currently down, so you won’t be able to view it through Polkadot-JS.
• Expect a restart of the Rococo testnet sometime soon.
• Avado: Running a Polkadot Node.
• Gitcoin Virtual Hackathon: Hello World! by Polkadot.

Dates of Note

• October 12, 2020 15:36 UTC: Start of a new staking era 133.
• October 14, 2020 1:56 UTC: Start of the next referendum voting period.
• October 14, 2020 1:56 UTC: Election of new council candidates.
• October 15, 10:00-17:00 UTC: The Substrate Developer Community Conference.
• October 18, 5:08 UTC: Start of next treasury spending period.
• October 29, 22:00 UTC: Polkadot Webinar: Conheça a Web 3.0. O que é Polkadot? (em Português).

Top Youtube Videos of the Week

• WHAT IS THE POLKADOT COIN?! POLKADOT VS ETHEREUM.
• Backing up and restoring your Polkadot and Kusama accounts.

Top Reddit Posts of the Week

• Introducing Hello World! by Polkadot.
• I have questions regarding how any upcoming metamask integration will work.

Tokens

• Polkaswap token PSWAP is not out yet. There are scammers claiming otherwise. Click here for official details on release.
• Celer SGN Beta Testnet Community Event Successfully Completed.
• Phala IPO Strategy on Polkadot Parachain Slots Auction.
• Acala’s Whtie Paper.

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Crypto Regulation 

• US attorney general releases guidelines for enforcing crypto laws.
• China Central Bank Official Reveals Results of First Digital Yuan Pilots.
• Every single Bitcoin product banned in the UK as regulators crack down on crypto.
• French police arrest terror financing ring that used Bitcoin coupons.

Developer Related

• Substrate Developer Community Conference is this week.
• Gitcoin Virtual Hackathon: Hello World! by Polkadot.
• Add the Contracts Pallet to Runtime.

Other Crypto Related News

• Clipboard Hijacker Targeting Bitcoin & Ethereum Users Infects Over 300,0000 PCs.
• Vitalik Buterin gives presentation on Eth 2.0 highlights.
• Ripple Enters Lending With XRP Credit Lines to Fund Global Payments.
• Ethereum’s fees higher than Bitcoin’s for a record two straight months.

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